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Washington Week

Washington Week is the longest-running primetime news and public affairs program on television. The show features a group of journalists participating in a roundtable discussion of major news events and can be found at 8pm ET on most local PBS stations.

Major corporate funding for WASHINGTON WEEK is provided by Boeing and American Cruise Lines, with additional funding from The Newman's Own Foundation, the Yuen Foundation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS Viewers.

Washington Week came on the air February 23, 1967. In the 50 years that followed, we covered a lot of history-making events. Read up on 10 of the biggest stories Washington Week covered in its first 50 years.